The US and Iran have seemingly been in conflict for as long as I've been alive. I've been taught to hate Iran because they're a terrorist state, and is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American's. However, I've always been somewhat of a contrarian, so my need to know "why" the animosity between these two nations exists, and will there ever be a change.
As I began researching I was surprised to learn that we weren't always at war with Iran, cold or otherwise. In this podcast I wanted to dig into the history between this relationship, and just how it went sour. Who was at fault? Is this a case of "both sides bad" or is there clearly a bad actor that's responsible for this unrest?
I'm not a foreign policy expert, but I was lucky enough to find one for this episode. Morgan Huston is a college professor who works in the national security sector. As an Airforce veteran he has experience in the Middle East, and is very aware of how we got to where we are today. Morgan has his own podcast on YouTube that you can find here https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyMO. He also has a substack where he publishes articles, and you can find that here https://substack.com/@whiskeymo. Finally, here's a link to all of his social media feeds https://linktr.ee/morganhuston
